The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece The papers collected in this volume present a systematic and comprehensive survey of women's role in the religion of the Ancient Greek polis.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 11 May 1998
- Format: Paperback 208 pages
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- Categories: Gender Studies: Women | Religious Groups: Social & Cultural Aspects | European History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | History Of Religion | Christian Worship, Rites & Ceremonies | Ancient Religions & Mythologies
- ISBN 13: 9780415126632 ISBN 10: 0415126630
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Full description for The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece
In classical Greece women were almost entirely excluded from public life. Yet the feminine was accorded a central place in religious thought and ritual.This volume explores the often paradoxical centrality of the feminine in Greek culture, showing how out of sight was not out of mind. The contributors adopt perspectives from a wide range of disciplines, such as archaeology, art history, psychology and anthropology, in order to investigate various aspects of religion and cult. They include the part played by women in death ritual, the role of heroines, and the fact that goddesses had no childhood, at the same time posing questions about how we know what rituals meant to their participants. The Sacred and the Feminine in Ancient Greece is a lively and colourful exploration of the ways in which religion and ritual reveal women's importance in the Greek polis, showing how ideologies about female roles and behaviour were both endorsed and challenged in the realm of the sacred.
